Sunday, December 23, 2012

2012 Bloggy Best and Brightest Linky

Welcome to my 2012's Blog Best and Brightest linky party! Here you can link up to share some of your blog's best and brightest moments of the past year, as well as brag about other bloggers too! I'm really leaving it up to you as to what you share, as long as it's something you have shared on your blog and are proud of from the past year.

The only rules are... it needs to be a new post that tells about your favorite posts, products, and fellow bloggers from the year! You can certainly link up all of your favorite posts... but put them in a new blog post. Please only link up once per blog! I don't want the linky to be cluttered with many links from one blog! And last... if you link up, please remember to grab the button above and also link back to this post. Jen at Finally in First has some great Linky Party etiquette if you'd like to know more about what you should do!

Enough with the rules and regulations...

So... my blog's best and brightest...

One of the BEST things I did this year was learn about TpT! I didn't know it existed until late in 2011 and, finally in March of this year, I took the plunge and opened up a shop! It has been a huge blessing to me and my husband and is going to allow us to start perusing our goal of adopting a baby! Hopefully I'll be able to add that to my list of "BESTS" for 2013!

The post that I love the BEST from this year is when I shared the "Back to Back" game video. Not only do I love the two little boys in the video, T and C, but I LOVE "Back to Back"! If you listen to it, never mind my gum chanking. Gross and sorry!

My most popular post this year is my collaborative First Day Handbook that ya'll contributed to... it has over 20,000 views! You can check it out by clicking the pic below.

The BEST news I shared on my blog this year was my new job. I went from teaching a 1st/2nd grade split class to teaching 3rd grade English Language Arts. Though I miss my friends and kiddos at my old school, I am so happy in my new position and love my new friends, kiddos, and administration so much!

I loved reading your reflections on 2012 and look forward to linking up. I cannot believe that you just started TPT in 2011! Your products are amazing and such an inspiration!!~HollyFourth Grade Flipper

Thank you for this linky and for the link to Jen's linky etiquette! I am new to blogging and have found great ideas as well as new blogs to follow! I made a mistake and linked to my blog and not the blog post about the linky! Oops! I hope I can figure out how to do this the right way! Thanks again for the linky and all of your great ideas!KimTheVeryBusyFirstGraders

What a fantastic linky! Thank you so much for hosting it! It was a lot of fun to put the blog post together!

I'm also hosting a linky party at the same time you are! :) I would be so honored if you joined my linky party and passed on the RACK {Random Acts of Christmas Kindness} to 2 blogs that you are grateful for! RACK Linky Party

Thank you so much for hosting the link up! I am a brand spanking new teacher blogger, just finding my feet, and I love this way of getting to know so many other teacher bloggers at the same time! Rachael Miss Rachael Teaches

Thank you for stopping by and commenting on my blog. Your blog was one of the very first that I found when I started looking at blogs back in August. Even though I teach 6th grade, I love to stop by and read about all of the things that are going on here. Thank you for all of your great ideas and for taking the time for newbies like me!